Aboubakar Kamara just wants to continue contributing to the Fulham cause, be it from the start or coming off the bench.
The 24-year-old has seen only 61 minutes of action as a substitute in our previous three outings, but it’s a spell which has yielded two assists and a goal.
His crosses for Aleksandar Mitrović’s goals against Derby County – and Swansea City especially – were sublime, showing that he’s adding a devastating end product to the raw pace and power that we all knew he possessed.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve been able to do it, but I can cross!” Kamara told fulhamfc.com. “It was not the right moment in the past, but I just play my game and do my best.
“I don’t know if I’m worthy of a start yet. When I come in, I play for the team. If I do well, that’s good for everyone. If I start, I’ll be ready to do my job and help everyone out.
“Whether I’m starting or coming off the bench, my role stays the same. I just come on and do my work, attacking the same.
“I feel like I’ve matured a lot in the last few years. Two years ago, I was chasing things around like a crazy man following the ball around, but now I’ve learnt a lot and I’m smarter than I was back then.”
Victory in Saturday’s early kick-off at Bristol City would see Fulham close the gap on the top-two to three points, and Kamara recognises the importance of every single one of our remaining 10 fixtures.
“We have 10 games left and we want to win every game,” he said. “We have to win in Bristol, just like any game.
“We play a lot of the top sides, and if we win every game we will go up. We have to gain momentum.
“We have been good at Ashton Gate in recent years, but that counts for nothing. We don’t talk too much about past results, we are just going there on Saturday to win the game.”
The business end of the season pits Fulham against the four sides immediately surrounding us in the table, and Kamara knows the benefit of taking points off our promotion rivals.
“We know we need to approach each game with confidence,” he said. “Every game is a cup final, because we play West Brom, Leeds, Brentford and Nottingham Forest. We need to win to stop them.
“We play them all so it’s in our hands but they will think the same thing, so there’s something in it for everyone which makes it very interesting.”